Estes Family Surname Project- Background

Background

This project was begun in 2002 with one participant. We have grown significantly since that time and in April 2010, have reached 100 participants. We have representatives of Mathew and Richard Estes from the Northern Estes line out of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. These men were the sons of Robert Estes and Dorothy Wilson, and a cousin to the Southern Estes line immigrant Abraham. We have each of Abraham's lines documented genetically except for Samuel who remains elusive. We have also been fortunate enough to have one Estes male from England test as well. We welcome all Estes males of any surname spelling.

February 2006 - So far, we have participants from all of the sons of Abraham the immigrant except for Samuel. Two lines have no discernable mutations, so far, and match Abraham the immigrant's DNA pattern exactly.